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Etymology

Groyper, a green frog drawing | Photo: Wikimedia

Culture

What Exactly Is a Groyper?

Nick Fuentes and his followers compete to see who can be most offensive.

Stephanie Slade | 3.28.2026 6:00 AM

Protesters carrying a larger banner that says 'remigration' | Photo: An anti-immigration protest in Calais, France, in 2015; Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick/Wikimedia

Immigration

The History of This Word Reflects the Rise of Anti-Immigrant Politics

"Remigration" is meant to soften the real policy goal—forced removal.

Jay Stooksberry | 12.4.2025 6:00 AM

Barbed wire in a circle | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson

Immigration

Trump's Immigrant Removals Aren't Technically Deportations. So What Are They?

Deportation means expelling an alien back to their home country for violating immigration law. Many of the Trump administration's actions don't meet that definition.

C.J. Ciaramella | 6.16.2025 6:00 AM

Two men are depicted in Memorial to Heroes of the Marine Engine Room monument in England | Photo: Chris Hellier/Alamy

Politics

What Is the 'Working Class'?

When even most upper-income Republicans say they're working class, the term has become meaningless.

Eric Boehm | 11.4.2024 6:00 AM

trump2 | Illustration: Lex Villena; adapted from Yuri Gripas - Pool via CNP/picture alliance / Consolidated News Photos/Newscom, Ron Sachs ZUMAPRESS Newscom

Criminal Justice

Donald Trump and Hunter Biden Are Both Felons. But What Does Felon Really Mean?

For hundreds of years, a felony has been defined not by the action itself but by how we punish it.

Bekah Congdon | 9.26.2024 7:00 AM

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